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  • Global Stability to Be Tested at APEC, G-20 Summits

    Global Stability to Be Tested at APEC, G-20 Summits
    Nov 10 2024
    Close attention will likely be paid to whether participants at key multilateral meetings later this month can find common ground toward stabilizing the global economy and the international situation.
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  • ICAN Official Hails Nihon Hidankyo's Role in Int'l Society

    ICAN Official Hails Nihon Hidankyo's Role in Int'l Society
    Nov 10 2024
    Akira Kawasaki, a senior official of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, or ICAN, has praised the role being played by the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, or Nihon Hidankyo, in the international community.
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  • Toyota to Invest 1.45 B. Dollars in Mexico

    Toyota to Invest 1.45 B. Dollars in Mexico
    Nov 10 2024
    Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. will invest 1.45 billion dollars in Mexico to expand truck production, Mexico's ministry of economy has said.
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  • Slush Fund Lawmakers Urged to Attend Diet Ethics Panel

    Slush Fund Lawmakers Urged to Attend Diet Ethics Panel
    Nov 9 2024
    Tetsuo Saito, new leader of Komeito, the coalition partner of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, on Saturday urged lawmakers involved in the LDP's high-profile slush fund scandal to appear before a political ethics panel of the Diet, the country's parliament.
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  • Japan Emperor, Empress Visit Fish-Rearing Facility in Oita Pref.

    Japan Emperor, Empress Visit Fish-Rearing Facility in Oita Pref.
    Nov 9 2024
    Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako visited a facility to grow young fish in the city of Kunisaki, Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Saturday.
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  • Lotte OKs Roki Sasaki's Transfer to MLB

    Lotte OKs Roki Sasaki's Transfer to MLB
    Nov 9 2024
    The Chiba Lotte Marines, a Japanese professional baseball team, said Saturday that it has approved right-hander Roki Sasaki's transfer to U.S. Major League Baseball through the posting system and will launch related procedures.
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  • Komeito Picks Land Min. Saito as New Leader

    Komeito Picks Land Min. Saito as New Leader
    Nov 9 2024
    Komeito, the coalition partner of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, on Saturday selected land minister Tetsuo Saito as its new leader to replace Keiichi Ishii, who lost his House of Representatives seat in October's general election for the lower chamber of parliament.
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  • Ryuichi Sakamoto's Work Nominated for Grammy

    Ryuichi Sakamoto's Work Nominated for Grammy
    Nov 9 2024
    Late Japanese music legend Ryuichi Sakamoto's final solo piano concert work "Opus" is on the 2025 Grammy nominations list, it was learned Friday.
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